TABLE OF CONTENTS

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 5, 15 November 1949, Page 417

TABLE OF CONTENTS

International Wheat Agreement Brings World Economic Co-operation Nearer . . • • • • • • 419 Care of Livestock during December .. ■ ■ ■ • 420 Farming in New Zealand: Land Improvement .. P. W. Smallfield 421 Device for Forming Eyelets on Baling Wire and . Straightening Lengths .. .. .. C. R. Taylor . . 433 Household Poultry W. L. Mclver 435 Show Dates . . • ■ ■ • The Home Garden' . . S. O. Gillard • • 439 Dairy Produce Graded for Export • • • • 444 . Review of Farm Production Drive by Mr. F. P. ’ - Walsh . . .... • • ... 445 Visits to Farms and Industrial Plants by Flock House Trainees J- H. Hitchcock . . 448 The Preparation of Concrete for Structural Use H. W. T. Eggers . . 449 Radio Broadcasts . . • • • • 456 Destruction of Survey Marks • • • • 456 Combating Wasps: Recommended Practices for Beekeepers C. R. Paterson .. 457 Conversion of Hand Plough to Tractor Lift D. M. E. Merry .. 458 Restoring Canterbury Soil Fertility through Pastures . . E - G. Smith • • 459 Survey of Tree Planting on an East Coast Hillcountry Farm M. Sutherland . . 465 Pig House Sleeping Floors of Pre-cast Blocks .. I. H. Owtram .. 481 An Unusually-heavy Bullock W. D. Ross . . 482 Diseases of Bees in New Zealand . . . . •• T. Palmer-Jones 483 Farm Dairy Instruction: Cleaning Milking ... ' D .. , 0 -, Machines and Dairy Equipment .. W. G. Batt .. 487 Preparation of Seed-beds for Autumn-sown Grass ■ • 493 Preparing for the Main Honey .Flow . . R- Goddard . . 494 Meteorological Records for September . . • • 494 The Flower Garden .. ... • M. J. Barnett .. . 49 First Conference of Country Girls' Clubs . . • • 4 Film Review: "Tribute to Achievement" .. ; • t $OO Felt Toys . Eirene E Unwin ’ ’ 501 Christmas Decorations Dorothy Johnson 5 3 SunSuitS .. •• EvaJoPping, L KO Poultry Cookery .. pJ R V M ” 523 The Museums of New Zealand En.d B. V. Phillips . . 523

SUBSCRIPTION RATES The “Journal” is issued monthly. The subscription within New Zealand is 2s. 6d. a year; the overseas subscription is ss. . The “Journal” may be ordered from any bookseller or newsagent, or direct from any office of the Department of Agriculture. . Individual copies are available at 3d. a copy, post free. COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS The articles in the “Journal” of the Department of' Agriculture of New Zealand are copyright. Proprietors of -newspapers and' periodicals wishing to republish matter are at liberty to do so, provided both the “Journal” and author are acknowledged. The Minister of Agriculture does not accept responsibility for any of the private and trade advertisements included in this publication. . All correspondence relating to the “Journal” should be addressed to the Editor, “The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture,” Box 3004, Wellington. REGISTERED AT THE G.P.0., WELLINGTON, AS A MAGAZINE.